AP source: Owners plan vote next week on new Manfred term. AP source: Baseball owners plan votes next week on new term for Commissioner Rob Manfred, television contract with Fox, streaming deal with DAZN >>

Gone they may be but not forgotten. Likely few people had heard of Private Tom Whyte, a strapping digger whose pre-enlistment passion for rowing surely saw him at the oars of one of the first... >>

Guangdong police cite anti-telefraud center as reason for 2 years of success. Guangdong police have shut down more than 649,000 telephone numbers across the province that were suspected of being used for telephone fraud and other crimes, after a center to fight telefraud was established in September 2016, according to a statement released by the Guangdong Public Security Department. >>

How poverty and race affect who goes to college — in 5 charts. High schools with concentrated poverty are less likely than low-poverty schools to offer coursework that students need to get into four-year colleges and succeed, according to a federal analysis. >>

Jeff Kennett said Malcolm Turnbull was like a 'walnut' on Channel 7's Sunrise after Q&A interview. Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett called Malcolm Turnbull 'selfish, bitter, twisted' and a 'shrinking walnut' during the Sunrise program this morning, slamming the former prime minister. >>

Officials encourage narrowing digital gap worldwide. More than 20 ministerial-level officials from home and abroad called for countries to increase cooperation and improve technological innovation to effectively bridge the digital divide and to further build a community with a shared future in cyberspace. >>

Pandas benefit as their keepers adapt. Forty-eight captive giant pandas were born worldwide this year. Forty-five are alive, bringing the total number of captive pandas globally to 548, said Li Chunliang, deputy director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. >>

PM Update: Clouds give way to a chance of showers by morning, but most rain holds off until later Friday. Our short dry spell is coming to an end. >>

Serious crash on CR 92 in Elmvale. Several emergency crews are at the scene of a serious crash on County Road 92 in Elmvale. >>

The Republican who once toppled Cantor ran timidly this time in Va.’s 7th District. Rep. Dave Brat, who lost to Abigail Spanberger, announced few public events and was a no-show at his own election night party. >>

Today is the District’s last 5 p.m. or later sunset of 2018. The dark days are here. >>

Tziporah Malkah suffers a jaw-dropping wardrobe malfunction at the beach. She's been proudly flaunting her physique since losing a whopping 30kg. >>